HB 44 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
23Feb2023... 0029h
2023 SESSION
23-0084
10/08
HOUSE BILL 44
AN ACT relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.
SPONSORS: Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 30; Rep. Gilman, Rock. 11; Rep. Yokela, Rock. 32; Rep. Preece, Hills. 17
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires that local legislative bodies permit by right certain single-family lots in residential districts to be used for up to 4 residential units.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23Feb2023... 0029h 23-0084
10/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to permissible residential units in a residential zone.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Zoning; Grant of Power; Single Family Lots. Amend RSA 674:16 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. In the exercise of the powers granted under this subdivision, the local legislative body of a city, town, or county in which there are located unincorporated towns or unorganized places, shall allow as a matter of right any single-family lot in a residential zoning district served by municipal water and sewer to be used for 4 residential dwelling units. These may be configured as a single 4-unit building, 2 duplex units, 4 single units, or 4 townhouses. The lot and yard standards, setbacks, and lot coverage shall comply with but be no more restrictive than those required for a single family dwelling. Parking requirements shall be based on per unit requirements for single family dwellings. All relevant building code and fire code requirements shall still apply. This paragraph shall apply to new construction or rehabilitation of existing buildings.